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Doctors baffled by mystery 'happy hypoxia' effect in coronavirus patients

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A mystery coronavirus effect dubbed "happy hypoxia" found in patients suffering coronavirus is baffling doctors. Several doctors have reported witnessing patients chatting to people, scrolling on their phone and acting normally despite having dangerously low oxygen levels.

A normal blood-oxygen saturation is at least 95 per cent.Patients can feel short of breath or delirious if this drops - with most losing consciousness if it falls below 75 per cent.

But doctors are reporting A&E coronavirus patients with extremely low oxygen - some cases below 50 per cent - that are still awake and sitting up in bed.

The "happy hypoxia" phenomenon is now raising questions about how coronavirus attacks the lungs. Speaking to the Guardian, Dr Mike

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